What to eat to get better from a cold faster

Sometimes, if you don’t pay attention to weather changes, it is easy to catch a cold. The side effects of long-term medication are also relatively large. Therefore, we must pay attention to a proper diet. You can drink some chicken soup or eat more radishes, which have a certain therapeutic effect on colds.

1. Drink chicken soup

Two clinical medical centers in the United States reported that drinking chicken soup can suppress inflammation of the throat and respiratory tract, and is extremely effective in eliminating symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, and sore throat caused by colds. Because chicken contains many amino acids necessary for the human body and is rich in nutrients, it can significantly enhance the body's resistance to cold viruses. Chicken also contains some special chemicals that have the effect of enhancing pharyngeal blood circulation and nasal fluid secretion, which is good for protecting the patency of the respiratory tract, clearing respiratory viruses, and accelerating recovery from colds.

2. Eat more radishes

Practice has shown that the carotene in radish has a unique effect in preventing and treating colds. The specific method is to chop the sweet, crisp and juicy radish into pieces, squeeze out half a cup of juice, then mash the ginger, squeeze out a small amount of ginger juice, add it to the radish juice, then add sugar or honey, mix well and pour in boiling water to drink as a beverage, three times a day for two consecutive days, which can clear away heat, detoxify, dispel cold, and prevent colds.

3. Drink with sugar ginger tea

Because colds are mostly caused by external wind and cold, they often cause symptoms such as headache, nasal congestion, runny nose, joint pain, and even fear of cold and fever. You can use appropriate amounts of brown sugar, ginger, and black tea, boil them into soup and drink it 1-2 times a day. It not only warms the body and removes cold, but also has good prevention and treatment functions for colds.

4. Eat less salt

Experiments have shown that eating less sodium-containing salt can increase the lysozyme content in saliva, protect the epithelial cells of the oral and throat mucosa, and allow them to secrete more immunoglobulin A and interferon to fight the cold virus. Therefore, controlling daily salt intake to less than 5 grams is very beneficial for preventing and treating colds.